Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: silverbullet on August 28, 2025, 03:29:34 pm
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https://www.thesun.ie/travel/15744439/dublin-city-council-new-traffic-light-technologies-pedestrian-accidents/ (https://www.thesun.ie/travel/15744439/dublin-city-council-new-traffic-light-technologies-pedestrian-accidents/)
Along with this scourge, e-scooter riders and cyclists have two thing to keep them safe, their eyes and ears.
So why do most elect to wear noise cancelling headphones?
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It should be illegal to wear headphones or ear plugs if you are using the road regardless of the type of vehicle you are operating. Be it a car, bus, truck, bicycle or scooter. Any one spotted with headphones on, especially cyclists, should be fair game to hit with your vehicle and their insurance should foot the bill for any damage to your vehicle after said collision. Also anyone who uses the road should pay insurance. Period.
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It should be illegal to wear headphones or ear plugs if you are using the road regardless of the type of vehicle you are operating. Be it a car, bus, truck, bicycle or scooter. Any one spotted with headphones on, especially cyclists, should be fair game to hit with your vehicle and their insurance should foot the bill for any damage to your vehicle after said collision. Also anyone who uses the road should pay insurance. Period.
+1
I saw a bloke on a scooter/not scooter on O'Connell St weaving all over the place watching his phone. I proceeded to flash him...and got pulled over by a pedestrian cop for having my main beams on!!
He was nice about it TBF, seeing me as an angry old curmudgeon! 8)
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Weaving about all over the place watching a phone kinda sums up most taxi drivers up above in Dublin these days.... poacher turned gamekeeper?
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Weaving about all over the place watching a phone kinda sums up most taxi drivers up above in Dublin these days.... poacher turned gamekeeper?
I didn't want to turn him into roadkill...or did I? 8)